merry – merely error – earing
derrick – deary terror – steering
Ferry – rearing jerry - cheering
Imitation Skills Development
/ɪə/
1. N ear and dear.
2. Come h ere, my d ear.
3. He lived n ear London for year s.
4. The th ea tre and the mus eu m are n ear h ere.
5. N ear and d ear.
6. To smile through t ear s.
7. Exp e rience keeps a d ear school, but fools learn in no other.
8. The end of the pier is near. The end of the pier is near, I fear. The end of the pier is near, I fear, and the mist hasn’t cleared.
9. A dreary peer sneers in the grand tier. At the rear they hear the peer and jeer. But here clearly the cheers for the hero are really fierce.King Lear, the weary hero, is nearly in tears.
Vowel No 5. / ʊə / - its nucleus is back, high, close, rounded, short, broad; the glide is in the direction of / ə /.
1. during / ʊə / get ready to pronounce /ʊ/;
2. pronounce the glide /ə/ in both the diphthongs like / ʌ /.
Graphical rules
1) - u - in the 4th type of syllable; e.g. cure, sure, tury, fury, during.
2) - oo - + r; e.g. poor, moor, spoor.
Exercise 1
a) cure-pure-poor-spoor-moor
cure-poor-pure-cure-moor
b) en‘dure im‘mure i‘nure se‘cure
procure endure secure immure
adjure allure adjure allure
c) pure – purely poor – poorly
pure – purer poor – poorer
pure – purest poor – poorest
Exercise 2
a) cute – cure huge – pure b) cur – cure port – poor
rule – ruler rude – moor purr – pure morn – moor
plume – spoor flute – spoor fur – fury porn – spoor
Exercise 3
a) purest – purism – jury – curate b) turret – truly – fury
mural – fury – lurid – curate current – ruler – rural
rural – plural – mooring – during hurry – huger – jury
during – curing – puring – luring flurry – music – mural
Imitation Skills Development
/ʊə/
1) I’m s u re it’s p u re f ue l.
2) The st ew ard is s u re to come.
3) P oor, t our, j ury.
4) What can't be c u red must be end u red.
5) C u riosity killed the cat.
6) For s u re.
7) I’m sure. I’m sure about Muriel. I’m sure that Muriel will be cured. I’m sure that poor Muriel will be cured. I’m sure that poor Muriel injured in the tournament will soon be cured.
Vowel No 6. / eə / - its nucleus is front, mid-open, broad, short; the glide is in the direction of / ə /.
1. make the lips flat;
2. put the tongue-tip against the lower teeth;
3. drop the lower jaw much lower than during / e /;
4. pronounce the glide like / ə ʌ/.
Graphical rules
1) - a - in the 4th type of syllable; e.g. vary, Mary, parents.
Exceptions: to wear/ weə /, to swear/ sweə /, to bear/ beə /, pear/ peə/, where/ weə /, to tear/ teə /.
2) - ai - before “ r ”; e.g. air, pair, fairy.
3) - ear ( in some words); e.g. bear, pear, swear, wear, tear.
4) - ei - before “ r ” (in some words); e.g. their.
Exceptions: th ere, wh ere.
Exercise 1
mare – Mary dare – dearing Tony Blair
scare – scary bare – bearing fair hair
fair – fairy care – caring vanity fair
ware – wearing share – sharing clever Clare
fare – fair pare – pair stare – stair
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